Comments on: Vantage Point Review

By: SnowLeopard

SnowLeopard — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:18:07 +0000

After reading all these comments, perhaps I should consider myself lucky. I borrowed the movie from the library and the DVD jammed during the car crash. SO I STILL DON’T KNOW WHAT THE “DUMB” ending was. I sort of pieced it together with all the stopped images and interviews…and it looks like the predictable…all the bad guys kill themselves or each other until only the hero and numero uno bad guy are left standing, they duke it out and we always know who’s going to win, then we drift off into the sunset whispering platitudes about democracy , mom and apple pie.

So what did I miss?

By: ERIC

ERIC — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:15:26 +0000

OMG I HATED THIS MOVIE FOUND IT SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BORING I CANT BELIEVE THAT 1 OR 2 PPL ACTUALLY LIKED THIS FILM, FOR ME ONE OF THE WORST FILMS EVER, I HOPE THEY DONT MAKE ANYMORE IN THIS FORMAT.

By: bert

bert — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:39:05 +0000

I have noticed Hollywood doesn’t care to much about realistic portrays of foreign countries or peoples, right of the top no characters looked spanish or had correct accent, the vehicles didn’t correspond either. Serbians are normally portrayed in accurately as well etc etc. The point is Hollywood keeps americans rather ignorant just too fatted their pockets at the expense of distorting facts. Horribly .

By: Marlmoll

Marlmoll — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:37:40 +0000

Comon, guys. The movie was pretty decent. The actors played their parts superbly. Of couse Dennis Quaig isnt Harrison Ford!! He’s i dont know 40 years younger than he is. If you wanna see HF. instead of DQ dont watch the movie. Some huge plot holes were annoying though. I mean, does this movie have to defy every law of security. 1) president wasnt behind bulletproof glass, which is protocol. 2) they dont already have a cleared abulance and emt, again, protocol. 3) I dont care if that guys a cop… Check his bag!! Any security personell would be cleared b4 4ntering the plaza. The plaza mayor is a sec. nightmare! The presidents security advisor would have killed himself b4 letting the president in the plaza( and opening his arms,,Come on, shoot me!) Arrrrg. That was the most annoying part of the film for me. I really did like the actors, and people are going to call me out on this, but its better than Dark Knight. It provided different points of views(refreshing) without being dizzing. I recomend this movie for someone whos been bored by the repetitive plot of… Heehm.. THe bourne movies.
ME LIKE

By: ~

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:32:30 +0000

The film vantage point is a pointless story that I believe tries way to hard to look sophisticated. Not only is the ending almost laughable, but when Denis Quad can run from a car that he has crashed several times, and was pined to a brick wall by a truck, that just tops off a “Brilliant” movie. I think under the right direction this film could have been an unforgettable movie, but instead it bored me after the thirds characters view point.

Okay, maybe this movie wasn’t as bad as I am making it out to be. But I can’t be blamed for making a mockery of this film, it did it to itself. After watching the previews, it was built up to be something so unbelievably special that after viewing the actual movie EVERYONE walked out of the theaters feeling disappointed. By the end, Vantage Point is such an unholy mess of drooling sentiment and sloppy loose ends that you’ll hate yourself for being suckered in.

By: Thilina

Thilina — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:23:10 +0000

Wow What a Nice Film……..
Yeah it’s Too Great,i think it will be my precious film that i have ever seen……………

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:15:55 +0000

I understand your frustration at the ending. What the Terrorist did was sabotage. It ruined the movie completely for me. It made it all seem pointless, but i still like the movie for its intensity and how it did pull it together.

By: TJ Thompson

TJ Thompson — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:26:25 +0000

I’ve been to many sites and read many reviews and comments, and I don’t get why everybody seems to hate the movie. I saw it tonight (rented it from Redbox) and LOVED it! Maybe nobody got the point of the movie? I mean, it WAS NOT supposed to be the “mindless thriller” that everybody here seemed to hope for. It was supposed to inspire thought, to show the complexities of terrorism, the various motivations, the threat that no one seems to be thinking about that terrorism may one day find help within our government. Like during the Cold War, when the State Dept. became infiltrated with communists (don’t even say that McCarthy was wrong, because recent research shows that almost all of his assertions were TRUE–Google it). And Whitaker WAS NOT an unnecessary character as some have suggested; his purpose was to represent the average patriotic American. His character DOES make sense when you consider that he had footage of the event that nobody else did. He knew that, and if I were in his situation, I would have felt compelled to act, too. Anybody who wouldn’t is selfish and unpatriotic. Vantage Point is my new favorite movie because the format (rewinds, different points of view) was fascinating and intriguing. It was a smart idea, and to think that it was only the director’s first movie, he did a GREAT JOB. For those who like thoughtless movies, this isn’t for you. This movie is for intelligent people who are concerned about terrorism and want to think about the parts of terrorism nobody talks about: the personal betrayals and agendas (we tend to assume that personal motivations do not exist). It was a well-made movie, and if you didn’t like it (like Rolling Stone), you probably didn’t get it.

By: joe

joe — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:45:36 +0000

the movie was ok. but the ending SUCKED!

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:52:39 +0000

I just viewed Vantage Point. It wasn’t so bad, but felt it moved slowly. Does anyone know, but I saw a movie with the same name and cast a few years ago. In that movie the attempt on the President failed and a priest was assainated instead.